MP CM hails Chandrayaan launch

Bhopal, Oct 22 (UNI) Congratulating the scientific community for the successful launch of India's first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today described it as a historic achievement.

''The launch has achieved a key target in former president A P J Abdul Kalam's Vision 2020. Every Indian is eagerly awaiting the moment when Chandrayaan-1 sets the Tricolour on the Moon,'' official sources quoted the Chief Minister as saying.